title: [Intravenous treatment with streptokinase of acute myocardial infarction. II. Effect of patency of the artery supplying the infarction area on the infarction size and post-infarction impairement of left-ventricular function].
abstract: 153 patients with a first acute myocardial infarction underwent the study. 90 of them received 1.000.000 units of streptokinase intravenously, followed by intravenous heparin administration for 5-7 days. The control group consisted of 63 remaining. In all patients serum CK-MB activity was determined every 4 hours for 72 hours: the infarct mass was calculated from the obtained curves. In 118 patients selective coronarography and left ventriculography was performed in the 2-nd or 3-rd week of hospitalisation. Left ventricular ejection fraction (E.F.) and dyssynergy index were calculated from ventriculographic data. Coronarography revealed a patent infarct-related artery in 76.7% of patients treated with streptokinase and in 44.4% of the control group (p less than 0.001). Among patients with a patent infarct-related artery an early peak of serum CK-MB activity (suggesting early recanalisation) occurred in 72.2% of streptokinase patients but in only 42.1% of the control group. Patients with a patent infarct-related artery had a significantly lower infarct mass (45 +/- 28 g vs 56 +/- 30 g), a lower left ventricular dyssynergy index (229 +/- 243 vs 348 +/- 247) and a significantly higher E.F. (63 +/- 12% vs 54 +/- 15%) compared with patients with an occluded artery.
authors.affiliation: I Kliniki Instytutu Medycyny Wewnetrznej CSK WAM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Aleksandrow
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borkowski
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iwanowski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kwiatkowski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roszczyk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ostrowska
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D013300:Streptokinase
vernacular_title: Dozylne leczenie streptokinaza świezego zawału serca. II. Wpływ drozności tetnicy zaopatrujacej obszar zawału na mase zawału i pozawałowy ubytek czynności lewej komory.